Create an iTunes Account Without a Credit Card

Updated 5/9/2012: If you don’t have a credit card you can still create an iTunes account. Effectively this is creating a free iTunes account, with access to download all the great free apps and other free content from the App Store.

Setup iTunes Account Without a Credit Card

This is the process to create an iTunes account with no credit card for payment:

Log out of any existing iTunes accounts

Launch the App Store from iTunes or by clicking a link to a free app

Find and select a free app (Remote is a free app from Apple, for example)

Click on “Free App” to purchase the free app

Click on “Create New Account”

Click on Continue and create a new account as per the directions

You’ll soon see a Payment Options menu, select “None”

Verify the newly created account with the email address you provided

Your new iTunes account has been created – with no credit card!

The process is the same from your iPhone or iPod/iPad too, just go through the processes of creating a new account and just be sure to select “None” as the payment option.

As stated before, the account can download any free content, but will be prompted for a credit card if an app costs money. This is a great iTunes solution to provide children with, giving them access to all of the freebies on the App Store, but avoiding any potentially high credit card bills.

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if you want to create an account without a credit card on the new itunes, you should buy a 10 dollar itunes card and have it handy. Go to create a new account as usual, but instead of putting in a credit card, there will be an option saying ‘itunes code or redemption number’ or something like that, just below the credit card place. enter the code from the itunes card and click continue. If nothing happens, it should have already made your account, but keep waiting to see if anything happens. If nothing happens, go to create new account again and type in your details and if it says ‘username not available,’ this means that obviously your account was successful. You will now have 10 dollars credit on your account, and after that, you still have an account to which you can use for anything! Hope this helps.. had to figure this out by myself..

Thank you so much! I used an iTunes card but when it wouldn’t continue and kept asking for the credit card number i lost all hope! Then i read your comment and signed in again, and TA-DAH i finally had an account!

I Have iPhone-3g;how I create apple Id without credit card?I was try to change my location in india to usbut no none option in shown of payment method!Please give me suggestion in how create in my iPhone-3g devce only.

Ok I have a iTunes account with a credit card but I redeemed a iTunes gift card on it I have done it before now when I do it a second time it says I need a security code from my credit card and I put it in and it’s still not working but I already have an iTunes card on that account but it still need info from my credit card! Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’

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I’m from Myanmar. In our country, there’s no credit card even when we want to buy! And I followed your procedure, but after filling all that requirements, they asked me to choose country, and I cannot find Myanmar!! Only Malaysia for ‘M’ alphabet! How should I do now??? I’m dying for this!! Please help me out! ;_(

Try to open a link from a free app and make the free account from there. If you can’t select your country, maybe try a neighboring country instead? Not ideal but hopefully Apple will include Myanmar soon, unless they labeled it as Burma?

oooh thank you sooo much…. but it works only if u go to purchase something free. i was trying and trying until i came across your post and read in the comments that it works if u try to purchase a free app and it did for me. im in india and it was not accepting my debit card!!!

After making my new account so that I can update my existing apps without going through a credit card, I signed back in with my new app ID and tried to update my apps but it forwarded me back to billing all over :( is the app that I’m trying to download not free anymore so now it’s making me pay???? Help !!!!

Using iphone 4s (did not work on laptop) I followed the instructions and the ‘none’ payment method DID show. Installed a .com free app which I couldn’t from the UK store. itunes help was not helpful. Had to set up a fake itunes id and address from US.

You really make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this matter to be actually something that I think I
would never understand. It seems too complex and very broad for me.
I’m looking forward for your next post, I will try to get the
hang of it!

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